Editing Download (band) (section)

== History ==
=== Formation ===
As tensions within [[Skinny Puppy]] began to mount in the early nineties,<ref name="straight_subcon_2011" /> band members [[Dwayne Goettel]] and [[cEvin Key]] began experimenting with musical improvisations that they felt were more true to their "roots".<ref name="industrialnation12">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Valerio |editor1-first=Paul A. |title=Interview: Download |journal=Industrialnation |date=1995 |issue=12 |pages=22–23 |url=https://archive.org/details/IndustrialNation12 |publisher=Moon Mystique |issn=1062-449X}}</ref> Early on, the duo brought in [[Mark Spybey]] who Key had met in Vancouver some years previous through Spybey's involvement with Zoviet France.<ref name="infectious1-2">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Weaver |editor1-first=Rodney |title=Interview: Download |journal=Infectious Substance |date=1997 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=32–36}}</ref> The name for the band came from the last track on Skinny Puppy's album ''Last Rights'',<ref name="vk_2019">{{cite web |author1=Alexander Atmox |title=cEvin Key - VK Fans Interview (2018) |url=https://vk.com/@toodarkpark-cevin-key-interview-vk-2018-english |website=VK |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=Feb 2019}}</ref> an especially abstract track for the band produced by Goettel and Anthony Valcic.<ref name="assimilate">{{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=S. Alexander |title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music |date=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199832583 |page=276}}</ref>

=== ''Furnace'' and ''Microscopic'' ===
In the first era of Download's career, the band's sound was an Experimental Industrial style which featured vocals by Mark Spybey and guest vocals by Genesis P. Orridge.<ref name="chaos_control_1995">{{cite web |last1=Gourley |first1=Bob |title=Interview: Download |url=https://chaoscontrol.com/cevin-key-download-1995/ |website=Chaos Control Digizine |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=Oct 1995}}</ref>  Their first LP, ''[[Furnace (Download album)|Furnace]]'', was arguably their least accessible &mdash; most of the tracks lasted for over four minutes, some lasting as long as nine minutes. Their next release, the ''[[Microscopic (EP)|Microscopic EP]]'' continued this style.  It featured three remixes of tracks from ''Furnace'' (only one of which was remixed by the band itself, the other two were remixed by [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]] and [[Haujobb|Newt]]), along with five original tracks.

=== ''Charlie's Family'' ===
''[[Charlie's Family]]'' was another experimental industrial LP by Download, except this LP was a soundtrack to the movie of the same name, and it had significantly different sound than the previous two releases.  Instead of the beat-oriented music that dominated ''Furnace'' and ''Microscopic'', this LP's music was mostly dominated by a simple beat along with many samples of anything from women [[orgasm]]ing to [[airplane]]s taking off.

=== ''The Eyes of Stanley Pain'' and ''Sidewinder'' ===
''[[The Eyes of Stanley Pain]]'', arguably Download's most diverse-sounding and accessible industrial album, was released in 1996.<ref name="mb_stanley">{{MusicBrainz release-group|mbid=2ff9a4e5-f0a1-35f1-8a17-bdae08c78701|name=Download: The Eyes of Stanley Pain}}</ref> It spanned 14 tracks, most of which were about four or five minutes long.  The only exceptions were the tracks "Glassblower" and "Collision", which were 3:02 and 10:38, respectively. Later that year, the EP ''[[Sidewinder (EP)|Sidewinder]]'' was released by the band.<ref name="mb_sidewinder">{{MusicBrainz release-group|mbid=fc3b41c1-985d-32f2-ba93-c8fade3ead72|name=Download: Sidewinder}}</ref> In the same vein as their first EP - ''Microscopic'' - it contained eight tracks, of which four were remixes.  Three were remixes by Download of songs from ''The Eyes of Stanley Pain'', and one was a remix of the song "Attalal" from ''Furnace'' by the band [[Haujobb]] (although the packaging of Sidewinder spells it "Attallal"). The other four songs were original songs recorded by Download, and the last of Download's [[Post-industrial music|post-industrial]] era.

=== ''III'' and ''Effector'' ===
''[[III (Download album)|III]]'' marked a turning point for Download.  Their sound became more melodic and accessible while still retaining the experimental quirks of their older material.  Their next album ''[[Effector (album)|Effector]]'' continued this direction and peaked at #12 on the [[CMJ]] RPM Charts in the U.S.<ref name="cmj-12-00">{{cite journal |last1=Comer |first1=M. Tye |title=RPM |journal=[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Report]] |date=25 December 2000 |volume=65 |issue=696 |page=25 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/2000/CMJ-2000-12-25.pdf |access-date=25 January 2022 |publisher=College Media, Inc. |location=New York, NY |issn=0890-0795}}</ref>

=== ''III Steps Forward'' and ''Inception'' ===
Two more albums, ''[[III Steps Forward]]'' and ''[[Inception (Download album)|Inception]]'' were released as part of Subconscious Studio's ''From The Vault'' series. ''Inception'' contained outtakes from Download's more experimental early era, while ''[[III Steps Forward]]'' included outtakes from the ''III'' and ''Effector'' eras as well as new tracks.  Although the original pressing of each was limited to 1000 copies, 2nd pressing editions are currently available from Subconscious Studio's website.

=== ''Fixer'' ===
In December 2006, cEvin Key announced that new material has been recorded for a new album (titled ''[[Fixer (Download album)|Fixer]]''). The album was released in April 2007.<ref name="mb_fixer">{{MusicBrainz release-group|mbid=b54747d4-fee2-38c3-b130-96799ca94790|name=Download: Fixer}}</ref>

=== ''HElicopTEr'' & ''Wookie Wall'' ===
In late 2009, Subconscious Communications announced the release of the ''Beyond the Vault'' series.<ref name="sp_blogspot_2009">{{cite web |title=Subconscious Releases 'Beyond the Vault' |url=http://officialskinnypuppy.blogspot.com/2009/08/subconscious-releases-beyond-vault.html |website=Official Skinny Puppy News |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=27 Aug 2009}}</ref>  With it, a new Download album titled ''[[HELicopTer|HElicopTEr]]'' was included in the series which was written by cEvin Key and Phil Western with a guest appearance by Mark Spybey.<ref name="mb_helicopter">{{MusicBrainz release-group|mbid=081685a0-7703-41a9-bfa4-cc9e9ea73002|name=Download: Helicopter}}</ref>  As stated on the official Subconscious Communications website, the album employs some of the oldest synthesizers the studio has in its collection.<ref name="subcon_merch">{{cite web |url=https://www.subcontoy.com/cds-and-posters/beyond-the-vault |title=CDs and Posters: Behind the Vault |website=Subconscious Communications |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>  The result differs from the more ambient releases of ''Effector'' and ''Fixer'' and is more akin to Download's previous works such as ''Furnace'' or ''Charlie's Family''.

'''Wookie Wall''': For the 2010 "SubCon Beyond Fest", a tour in support of the albums released in the Beyond The Vault series, Download announced plans to release an EP that would be sold during the tour. Though Download apparently went as far as to commission album art, the so-called ''Wookie Wall EP'' never materialized during the tour though the title track was integrated into the setlist. Supposedly the band considered the possibility of expanding Wookie Wall into its own full-length album, but in 2011 three of the proposed Wookie Wall tracks were added onto a re-release of Download's Helicopter.<ref name="chain_dlk_helicopter">{{cite web |author1=Evangelos |title=Download: HElicopTEr + Wookie Wall |url=https://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=6629 |website=Chain D.L.K. |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=5 Oct 2011}}</ref><ref name="simon_paul_wookie">{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Simon |title=Download: Helicopter + Wookie Wall |url=https://luapnomis.com/download-helicopter-wookie-wall |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>

A special-edition of ''Furnace'' (''Furnace Re:dux'') was also released with Subconscious' From the Vault II series. The new release includes a second disc with a collection of the live jams and improvisations that were the basis of the finished album.<ref name="litany_furnace_redux">{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Corey |title=Litany Liner Notes: Furnace Re:Dux |url=http://www.litany.net/features/liner-notes/sub30 |website=Litany |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>

=== ''LingAM'' ===
On June 11, 2013, Download released their ninth studio album ''Lingam''.<ref name="mb_lingam">{{MusicBrainz release-group|mbid=c2b96d17-4e94-4861-99c5-8fd9f1c4b151|name=Download: LingAm}}</ref> In Hindu scripture, the lingam is the beginning-less and endless cosmic pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiva.<ref name="release_lingam_2013">{{cite web |last1=Kahrle |first1=Mikael |title=Listen to "Yoni" from the new Download album "LingAM" |url=https://www.releasemagazine.net/listen-to-yoni-from-the-new-download-album-lingam/ |website=Release Music Magazine |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=23 May 2013}}</ref> ''Lingam'' employs some of the band's more ambient styles featured on previous albums like ''Effector'' and ''Fixer''.<ref name="regen_lingam_2013">{{cite web |last1=Yücel |first1=Ilker |title=Download - LingAM |url=https://regenmag.com/reviews/download-lingam/ |website=Regen Magazine |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=23 Dec 2013}}</ref>

=== ''Unknown Room'' ===
On March 8, 2019, Download released their eleventh studio album ''Unknown Room''.<ref name="mb_unknown_room">{{MusicBrainz release-group|mbid=205d25a7-4e5f-4b41-a426-de8d434b2364|name=Download: Unknown Room}}</ref> From the bandcamp listing: 'Unknown Room is the project's 11th studio album, recorded in Los Angeles over a several-year period, culminating in a recent two-month session in the Fall that Key describes as being "extremely intense."<ref name="sideline_unknown_room">{{cite web |last1=Van Isacker |first1=Bernard |title=Download to release 11th album 'Unknown Room' on Artoffact Records |url=https://www.side-line.com/download-to-release-11th-album-unknown-room-on-artoffact-records-available-now/ |website=Side-Line |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=27 Dec 2018}}</ref> Unknown Room is the last album to feature Phil Western who died while the album was being prepared for release in 2019.<ref name="i_die_you_die_unknown_room">{{cite web |author1=Bruce |title=Download, "Unknown Room" |url=https://www.idieyoudie.com/2019/03/13/download-unknown-room/ |website=I Die: You Die |access-date=15 October 2020 |date=13 Mar 2019}}</ref>